Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Rüppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppellii) - HBW 2, p. 127
French: Vautour de Rüppell
German: Sperbergeier
Spanish: Buitre Moteado
Other common names: Rüppell's Vulture
Taxonomy: Vultur Rueppellii A. E. Brehm, 1852, Khartoum, Sudan.
Forms superspecies with G. fulvus and G. coprotheres, and possibly also with G. himalayensis and G. indicus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rueppellii (A. E. Brehm, 1852) - SW Mauritania E to Sudan, N to Aïr Massif (NW Niger) and S to Uganda, Kenya and N Tanzania.
- erlangeri Salvadori, 1908 - Ethiopia, Eritrea and NW Somalia, possibly ranging to S Arabia.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A group of birds feeding on a carcass Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp rueppellii)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A group of birds feeding on a carcass Locality Debre Berhan, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Ron Hoff 17 December 2007 3 years ago 45 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird preening Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 5 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A seething mass of mixed vultures fighting over bushbuck carcass, and then a Rüppell's Griffon in back, sparring with a White-Ba Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 5 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A group feeding on carrion Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp rueppellii)
Jean Hupperetz 30 September 2002 8 years ago 16 sec 3.9 -
A group coming back to feed on a carcass, once the danger walks away Locality Joal, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp rueppellii)
Juan Sanabria 8 January 2007 4 years ago 38 sec 3.8
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Near a wildebeest's carcass
Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Marco Valentini 4 August 2006 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Adult at carcass
Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
ingwe24 24 September 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A juvenile perched in a branch.
Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
Jordi Palou 17 June 2011 32 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird in the air
Locality Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Holger Meinig 13 April 2011 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
Over a big tree, the Gambia river, october 2008.
Locality River Gambia National Park, Central River Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 25 October 2008 51 weeks ago 3.5 -
Close- up of an adult in a bird park in Switzerland
Locality Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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